interesting, not how I would have guessed. If I could just ignore something I’d probably have called it a 2

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It’s also crazy because being hit by a car as a pedestrian was a 5 and I regularly hit 7s and 8s from period pain, but 9 and 10 have thus far only applied to psychological pain

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I loveeee descriptive pain scales. I use this one

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Sounds like 8 is when I should start taking some mild painkillers then.

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I’m at a 9 for a week every month :) going to the gyno for the first time tomorrow to finally get answers. (13 years past when I should have - when symptoms started originally).

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THANK YOU SO MUCH

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lol this reminds me of when i went to er for a kidney infection can was lowkey guessing when they asked me to rate it 😭 i went from a 4 to a 7 (threw up from pain the entire time)

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thank you for this!!! i also have chronic pain, and i've been seeing a lot of doctors for it lately. i always seem to struggle when it comes to the pain scale, but this is super helpful!

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